Noormarkku Explained

Noormarkku
Official Name:Finnish: Noormarkun kunta
Swedish: Norrmarks kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Satakunta
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Pori sub-region
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:Risto Peevo
Extinct Title:Consolidated
Extinct Date:2010
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:332.06
Area Land Km2:316.86
Area Water Km2:15.2
Population As Of:2009-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:6158
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Info1:% (official)
Demographics1 Info2:%
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:%
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:61.5917°N 73°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:www.noormarkku.fi

Noormarkku (Swedish: Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which 15.2km2 is water. The population density was .

Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.

A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of . . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090225223405/http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf . 2009-02-25 .
  2. Web site: Population by municipality as of . . Population Information System . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202150524/http://vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/4AD425C09E8E9093C22576AA001D7112/%24file/091231.htm . 2010-12-02 .